BiogeographyBiogeography, Second Edition combines ecological and historical perspectives to show how contemporary environments, earth history, and evolutionary processes have shaped the distributions of species and the patterns of biodiversity. It illustrates general patterns and processes using examples from different groups of plants and animals from diverse habitats and geographic regions. Written primarily for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in plant and/or animal geography, the book serves as a general synthesis and reference as well. |
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Page 47
... niches of three hypothetical species . Circles indicate the extreme ranges of the two resources used by each species , and stippled areas show that the central parts of the niche spaces provide the most favorable ... ecological niche,
... niches of three hypothetical species . Circles indicate the extreme ranges of the two resources used by each species , and stippled areas show that the central parts of the niche spaces provide the most favorable ... ecological niche,
Page 477
... niches , one would expect insular populations to expand their niches and increase concomitantly in pop- ulation density when they interact with fewer other species . Comparing the ecological prop- erties of birds on the Atlantic island ...
... niches , one would expect insular populations to expand their niches and increase concomitantly in pop- ulation density when they interact with fewer other species . Comparing the ecological prop- erties of birds on the Atlantic island ...
Page 539
... niches . Con- vergence can also occur at the level of entire biotas of many species , resulting in geographi- cally isolated ecological communities with sim- ilar structures and functions . One would expect the divergence of forms ...
... niches . Con- vergence can also occur at the level of entire biotas of many species , resulting in geographi- cally isolated ecological communities with sim- ilar structures and functions . One would expect the divergence of forms ...
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adapted adaptive radiation Africa angiosperms animals aquatic areas Australasia Australia barriers biogeographic biotas biotic Cenozoic changes Chapter cies cladistic cladogram climate colonization communities competition continental continental drift continents Cretaceous desert disjunctions distributions drift eastern ecological elevation endemic environment Eocene Eurasia evolution evolutionary example extinction families fauna Figure fishes forms fossil record freshwater genera geographic ranges geologic Gondwanaland groups Guinea habitats inhabiting insects insular interactions isolated lakes land bridge landmasses latitudes limited living long-distance dispersal MacArthur Madagascar mainland major mammals marine Mesozoic migration million years BP mountain Neotropics niches North Northern Hemisphere number of species occur oceanic islands organisms origin Pacific Paleocene patterns phylogenetic plants plate Pleistocene polyploidy populations predators present radiation rain forest reconstructions regions relationships relatively Simberloff similar soil South America southern speciation species richness taxa taxon taxonomic temperate temperature terrestrial tion tropical vegetation vicariance World zone